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 enlarge | Brand: Sony
Category: CE
Buy New: $599.00
Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 32495
Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 9.7 x 6.8 x 3.6
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: MZN1
Model: MZN1
UPC: 027242589728
EAN: 0027242589728
ASIN: B000068IHQ
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: new copy, never used, some shelf wear to case intact, buy with confidence, fast shipping
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 The best sony personal audio ever January 12, 2003
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
when i first looked into getting an md player, this was the first one i saw. i saw the price was a bit steep, but when i got it, i realized it was well worth the money!!
it has everything from a backlit remote, to a clock display.
you can also record from any other audio device with the right cable. some of the other people in the reviews said it wasn't good, but i don't know what they're talking about. it is great. the supplied accessories are good too. the software is a little complicating, but you get used to it. definetly buy the Sony MZ-N1 Net MD Player/Recorder!
 regret for buying Mini Disc all these years! December 23, 2002
10 out of 35 found this review helpful
Mini Discs are not the best choice when it comes to portable music players. They are actually the worst. They look nice and designy though, but that's it!
I used to buy Minidiscs and I have a minidisc (model Sony MZ-N1 Net MD player/recorder) and I thought it was the best thing,...But I changed my mind after I got a compact CD player that also reads MP3's. When I got to use my CD/MP3 player it was so much faster, more convenient with a great CD quality sound, that I never looked back to my Minidisc ever again. That Minidisc is collecting dust somewhere!
Here are some reasons why Minidisc players are bad compared to CD/Mp3 players:
1. Mini Disc is too slow in recording and transferring your songs. CD/MP3's are faster, you just burn one CD at a fast rate on your PC and you are on your way. Put tons of MP3 songs on that one CD and you are done. Calculated, transferring your songs and MP3's to a CD is 15 to 20 times faster than the Minidisc! Or should I say the Minidisc is just 20 times slower! And keep in mind that my Minidisc is a top of the line model, imagine the lower Minidisc models, how slow those go compared to the average CD/Mp3 players. Simply put Minidisc is a waste of your time.
2. On a Minidisc you can only put 74 minutes worth of music. If you want more you can double or triple the Minidisc capacity and have 5 hours of music on it at the maximum, that's it, you get no more. In order to do that you have to record all your tracks on LP mode (long play) and with my so called top of the line Minidisc I had the option of LP-4 as well, but then in any of the LP modes the music quality lowers dramatically! The sound on the Minidisc is completely tarnished to a low quality pulp! So stay away from any LP mode in order to record more songs on your Minidisc!!!! You record more songs but you loose all the quality. If you want to have decent sound quality stick to the normal SP mode (standard play) and with that you can never record more than 74minutes of music on your Minidisc, that's IT!That is the maximum you get out of the Minidisc. But with a CD/MP3 player you have 1 single CD where you can have up to 11 hours of music on it! You read this right 11 hours, with a crisp CD quality. So, the Minidisc with its 74 minutes capacity on each disc is just too limited next to the CD/MP3 player that can handle 11 HOURS of music!
3. If you need more songs to carry around with your Minidisc, you have to have at least 10 Minidisc cartridges, just in order to equal the same amount of songs on a full CD with MP3's! Imagine the amount of songs and the variety of selection that I have with my CD/MP3 player with carrying only 1 single CD with me. If I wanted to do that with the Minidisc, I would need to record 10 Minidisc cartridges and carry all the 10 minidiscs with me all the time. Exchanging the discs every time you want to hear something new, and putting all those Minidiscs in your pocket,...It's just too much hassle. With the CD/MP3 I have all of that recorded on 1 CD, worth of 11 hours of music! With great CD quality.
4. Just imagine the cost of buying all those blank Minidisc cartridges, compared to the 1 blank CD! Plus keep in mind that one blank Minidisc would cost you 6 to 8 times more than a blank CD. Just do the math on the 10 Minidiscs that you need to equal the same amount of music that goes on just 1 CD for the CD/MP3 player. Do the math on that! Minidiscs are just too expensive.
At the end go with a CD/MP3 player, they also read CD-recordables as well as CD-Rewritables. They are fantastic! Even their average models out do my top of the line Minidisc. I have them both and I went with the CD/MP3. I regret for buying the Minidisc and paying $$$ for it!
I wish I had discovered the CD/MP3 sooner, because not that it gave me better quality, is faster and saved my time and that it is more convenient, but it costs a lot less money. Just go and compare them here at Amazon or any retailer.
There would be only one reason for buying a Minidisc though, if you just don't know any better. Or you just like to throw away money and your time. Or maybe you just like to carry around all those tiny Minidisc cartridges with you! Other than that Minidisc is just a waste of machinery to me, I can't say how much I regret for buying Minidiscs all these years and coughing up all that money for it. As a consumer I hope others won't make the same mistake, go with a compact CD/MP3 player. I know I did, eventually.
BEST OF THE BEST: SONY MZ-N1 August 23, 2002
30 out of 37 found this review helpful
First of all, I'm an electronics addict. Second of all, I'm a diehard Sony fan, so I know their products like the back of my hand. This fine piece of equipment has reached #1 on my charts of rating not only minidisc recorders, but all forms of portable devices like mp3 etc. On top of all this, I owned three minidisc recorders before this one, and i love it. Half a second & you're hooked up to both your computer and power--simply by dropping the little guy right into the cradle. Of all the features Sony makes available for all of their portable devices, this one's got it all... The backlit remote that actually has the same if not more power over editing than the main unit. The unit has a pretty nifty tucked-away jog dial for easy scrolling thru titles & options. oh yeah, in case you didn't know...HIGH SPEED TRANSFER!!!! yeah, after using the OpenMG software with the MZ-N1 for music to and from the PC, you will never go back to anything else, i'm serious. The last thing that puts the icing on the cake--this thing is by far the smallest of any of Sony's minidisc recorders, which means that if it's Sony's smallest, then you know it's gonna be the tiniest guy you'll get ahold of. Once again, I've done all the research for this puppy and all in it's league, so i know the goods...the MZ-N1 is the best of the best.
Best Thing i ever bought August 21, 2002
13 out of 20 found this review helpful
I got a minidisk player last year for christmas. I couldn't deside between a Mp3 or this. These are way better! The minidisks players cost about the same as a GOOD mp3 player. The minidisks hold way more music for way less. You can fit about 60 songs on one disk. They are small, light and the batterys last for more then 10 hours, also, the battery doesn't take very long to charge. GET ONE, It is worth every penny!
 bah, Sony, you could have done better.... August 18, 2002
63 out of 65 found this review helpful
I have had the Japanese import model of this unit since early February, and I must say that overall, this model is model was well worth the four hundred fifty I paid for it. It's light portable and fits easily inside the felt baggie that comes supplied with the unit.In the six almost seven months that I have owned this unit, a couple of things have happened. Since I had the Japanese model, I got the newer, slimmer, RM-MC12ELK remote supplied with mine. The US models are supplied with the older RM-MC11EL remote. I must say that US buyers surely did get the better remote. My 11EL remotes from my previous R900 and my portable CD player (D-EJ955) have lasted longer and put up with more wear and tear. About one month after, the text started wearing off the remote and button functions began to malfunction. The hold switch was hard to move, and the volume/track changer button was hard to pull in and out. So here's my fair warning: don't import. Now for the software; the bundled OpenMG Jukebox completely stinks. You really need to have a fast computer with plenty of RAM to have this program work fast and properly. I bought this unit expecting to have the ability to do two things: one being to UPLOAD, and two to end files to my MD in SP Mode. OpenMG Jukebox does support SP files, but are only transfered at the sound quality of LP2. The CDDB function on OMG doesn't work right until you have to manually configure it. Simple, OMG [is not good], bottom line. Now the other bundled software, SimpleBurner (also known as Quickrip) works fairly better. SB allows you to put a CD in and burn it directly to a MD in LP2 or LP4 mode, but don't count on fast conversion times. All of the software must convert the music files to ATRAC first, which takes about 3 minutes per song, depending on size. This was something I was also not aware of when I bought this unit. Now, one person has found a very nice way to get around all of these software problems. All you need is Nero, and your good to go. I myself prefer this method more than just regular software. ... The battery times are once again fudged by Sony. In my tests, I have never cranked out 86 ours of playback using a fully charged gumstick and an external AA battery. The closest I got was around 53 and a half hours. Sony needs to take a lesson from Sharp, create smart chargers. Ni-MH gumsticks suffer from the memory effect, which occurs when the battery is charged when it doesn't need to be. Your battery will last shorter and shorter until finally you get around 4 hours of playback. Sharp, has a function built into almost all of their models which checks to see if your battery is full or not and starts a discharge of the battery, that way fully discharging the battery before it recharges it. For the unit itself, I really like the design and functions, but there are still some issues that Sony has still not fixed. One is the End Search function. I know they've done a little better by making you disable the function on a menu, but if you forget to press End Search before you record, you still have the dreaded problem of recording over previously recorded songs. Another problem is the battery door. You would thing that after many years of having the same flimsy plastic that they'd learn that it should be magnesium alloy or some sort of aluminum composite. A fourth being the volume buttons. Lousy placement. You drop the unit on the side that has the volume buttons on it, you may have one heck of a problem. Many people on board all over the internet have had units that volume buttons have become hypersensitive (i.e. bringing up various menus when slightly touched) and have since had to repair their units. Overall this unit reaches a milestone in the ten years of MD existence. If you are considering buying this unit (or infact ANY NetMD units, I would consider holding off until the second generation units hit the markets in December. These units may have improved battery life, the newly developed Atrac Type S DSP (which improves upon the sound quality in SP, LP2, and LP4 modes), better software, and the possibility of uploading.
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